Sabatini, Kimberly Touching the Surface, 336 pgs. Simon Pulise, 2012. $16.99
Content: Language: R (55 swears; 2 “F”); Mature Content: PG-13; Violence: PG-13.
Content: Language: R (55 swears; 2 “F”); Mature Content: PG-13; Violence: PG-13.
Elliott wakes up in the
afterlife not remembering who she was in life.
She is at a place called Obirmil and she knows the counselor from her
first two visits to afterlife, but as she works with her counselor to remember
what she did in life and what lessons she still needs to learn she gets
discouraged. She also knows two boys at
Obirmil—Trevor and Oliver. Trevor hates
her and Oliver loves her, but Elliott can’t remember why. Elliott has to figure out her life plan in
order to move on, but it’s more complicated than she ever expected.
At times part of this story were hard to
grasp, but it’s because the main character was trying to figure out the world
around her. I loved how her past was
slowly revealed building to the climax and answered the question of what caused
her death. This is a creative look at
the afterlife. The two “F” words are
completely unnecessary and they make it hard to recommend for a middle school
library. I enjoyed the read and the cover is great.
HS-OPTIONAL.
Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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